For me, information design is about communicating with clarity, ease, effectiveness and efficiency. It is a highly interdiciplinary and broad field, and draws on graphic design, psychology, technical writing, digital technology, statistics, ergonomics, and many other diciplines. In practice, it is often connected to areas such as document design, computer and web interfaces, signage and wayfinding, and data visualisations; though information design can be almost everywhere. Information design emphasizes understanding of how users access, learn, and remember information. Good information design is often transparent; it facilitates the user through a task, let’s him focus on the content, and makes the experience pleasureable.

On a non-academic note:

Things I like are meeting new people, my fantastic boyfriend Christian, sushi and red wine.

Things I dislike are spiders, watching sports, and the typeface Papyrus.

Education

2011–2012 MA Information Design, University of Reading
2010–2011 Introductory study in Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2007–2010 BA Media Design, Gjøvik University College